Prim's Birthday
It was the day before Prim's first reaping; today was her 12th birthday so it meant she would be in the reaping the next day. As usual, it was tense filled day in District 12, mothers and fathers worried for their children that were old enough to be in the reaping. Katniss and Prim's mother was especially worried since it was Prim's first reaping. Katniss worried just as much as their mother since she was over protective of Prim. Prim didn't really ever care about the reaping, since it was always her birthday the day before, so that meant there was a filling dinner and even dessert. It also meant she'd get a new item, last year she had gotten Lady the goat, so it would be hard to top her.
That day Prim did what she usual did, watched people prepare for the reaping. She sat on the front porch and watched the Peacekeepers go to each house and check if someone was sick enough not to go to the reaping. I wish I were sick enough not to go.Prim thought to herself. All day she had had a bad feeling about the reaping. Yes, she was only entered once out of thousands, but for some reason she could picture Effie Trinket pulling out her name. Shaking her head, she went back inside their small house and grabbed her small backpack and grabbed the piece of coal she was given from school. For homework they were suppose to burn it and see what color the smoke was, but she had a better idea.
"Katniss, I'm going to see Mrs. Hawthorne!" Prim yelled running out the door. Okay, so she was going in the opposite direction of the Hawthorne home and toward the direction of the woods. But, Katniss still should believe she was scared of the woods. Then they wouldn't be interrupted. And they were just friends. Crawling under the fence, she ran into the woods to the tree where their dad took Katniss to swim. She kicked off her shoes and dunked her feet in the cool water.
"Aww, this is the life." Prim said to herself, and then started to hear the familiar footsteps of her best friend. "Hey Rory! Come on in!" Rory was her age, but older by a few months so it was his first reaping too. He took his shoes off and climbed in next to her, "Happy Birthday Primmie!" Rory said and handed her a gift box. Prim smiled wide; usually friends in district 12 can't afford gifts for one another. She smiled and gave him a hug. Rory's cheeks turned pink, but Prim didn't care. She was so thankful to have a friend like him.
"Well open it!" He said elbowing her. Prim smiled and opened it carefully, wanting to keep the wrapping, and her mouth dropped to the floor. She took it out and looked at the bracelet. It had a shiny clear jewel in the middle with little charms of things Prim liked to do. She awed at it and Rory said, "May I put it on you?" Prim nodded and put it around her wrist.
"Thank you so much Rory, you're the sweetest guy I've ever met." Prim said and kissed him on the cheek. Rory turned even redder than the apples on the trees.
Prim and him sat in silence with Prim leaning on his shoulder, until he asked, "Do you think there is a chance we could get picked?" It was like he read Prim's mind.
She wasn't going to lie to him because she was horrible at it so she said, "I feel like I'm going to picked, Rory. And I've got this bad feeling that Katniss will volunteer for me."
She started shake and Rory wrapped an arm around her, "Well if you get reaped and she doesn't volunteer for you, I'll volunteer for the boy who gets picked so we can win for District 12 together." He ended this by grabbing her hand, lifting it ,and saying in Claudius Temple's voice, "The new District 12 champions Primrose Everdeen and Rory Hawthorne!" Prim started laugh and Rory did too. Rory always knew how to make her feel better. How could she ever think she could get picked?